Cartoon rocket

Illustration, 2007.09.07

Update: Due to the fact that I have seen various instances where my rocket illustration has been used in logos and other images without my permission, I’ve decided to make a link to my Amazon Wishlist available here. You can find my wishlist at: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/27IXSLQCZ45QN

If you have incorporated my rocket into one of your images, please consider sending me something from my wishlist to compensate me for my art!

This may seem strange to most people, but I have a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. The truth is that I love engineering: I have an innate knack for solving problems. To be an even better engineer, I signed up for the COOP program at my university a couple of years ago and got sent off to Boeing in California for an internship. While I was there, I became good friends with a fellow intern, Kristy.

Kristy is a spunky little woman, and funny as hell, so we got along right away. Interestingly enough, she’s a rocket scientist, so she had always wanted a rocket design to use as a sticker on the rear windshield of her car. Once she found out I could draw, she drew me a little picture of the rocket she wanted and I then refined her idea to make it cute and unique.

Using her idea as a reference, I first drew a cleaner and more polished version of the rocket in pencil and then I scanned it and cleaned it up in Illustrator. I like the result very much, even though it’s not what I would generally consider “my style”.